News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

498

Date Released

6 Oct 1938

Length of issue (in feet)

748

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Hurricanes Lash the Western World
• 2. Aurel Toma Defeats Benny Lynch at Earl’s Court
• 3. ARP Marches on as Before
• 4. Roving Camera Reports: National Cycling Championships at Chicago
• 5. Roving Camera Reports: American Amateur Tennis Championships at Forest Hills
• 6. Roving Camera Reports: Grenadiers Lay Up Their Colours at St Pauls
• 7. Roving Camera Reports: American Football at Minneapolis
• 8. France Welcomes M Daladier
• 9. Boisterous Autumn Comes to Britain
• 10. Mr and Mrs Neville Chamberlain Walking in St James’s Park

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 10

Summary

Including searchlight and AA guns practise in London. Motor pumps at Birmingham. GB News fire fighting unit

Keywords

Weapons; Aviation; Civil defence; Newsreels

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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Production Documents

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

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Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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